EIT Jumpstarter
European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus
EIT pre-acceleration programme and competition for early innovators in eligible European countries, offering training, mentoring and cash prizes to turn research or ideas into startups.
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About
What it offers: Prizes of €2,500, €5,000 or €10,000 plus travel budget.
Also: 55+ hours of training; expert mentoring; Grand Finale pitch.
Who can apply: At least one team member must be a citizen of an eligible EU member state (e.g. Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Italy, Portugal), EU outermost region or listed Horizon Europe associated country (e.g. Ukraine, Türkiye, Serbia); Kosovo is also eligible.
Free to apply.
Annual; 2026 applications closed (deadline was May 17, 2026).
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: application form.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Compete for Up to €10,000 in Funding”
Who can apply
- Open to founders, researchers, students
- At least one team member must be a citizen of an eligible EU member state (e.g. Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Italy, Portugal), EU outermost region or listed Horizon Europe associated country (e.g. Ukraine, Türkiye, Serbia); Kosovo is also eligible.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) without your tap.
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